This record is a summary report of the Kit Carson County births that were recorded in the District Court of this county. The information contained in the archive records generally shows the name of the father and mother, the date of the birth, sex of the child, whether the infant was living or still born, skin color, maiden name of mother, occupation of the father, parent's residence location and the name of the attending physician if there was one. It is important to note that the name of the child is not entered as part of this record. The record only reflects that the father and mother had a child and recorded the birth at the court house without providing a given name for the infant.

This record is a summary report of deaths that were recorded in the Kit Carson County District Court. The information contained in the archive record generally shows the name of the deceased person, the date of death, sex, age at death, ethnicity, whether they were married or not, the deceased's nativity, place of birth, disease that caused death, name of the undertaker, name of the cemetery buried in and the name of the attending physician if there was one.